ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Pretty small list this time around. What about that Williams/Edison title? VHS VIDEO Dexter Gordon- More Than You Know CDs Don Byron- A Fine Line Arias & Lieder Lonnie Plaxico- Melange Renee Rosnes- With A Little Help From My Friends Erik Truffaz- Revisite Joe Williams & Harry Sweets Edison- Together/ Have A Good Time Various Artists- Roots Of Afro Cuban Jazz Quote
GA Russell Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Ghost, where did you find this information? I would enjoy reading each month what all the deleted titles of the various labels are. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Man, those titles didn't last long at all. Maybe BN isn't doing as well since they shut down their bulletin board and alienated many of their supporters. I guess all those Norah Jones fans aren't buying their other releases. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Posted October 3, 2003 Ghost, where did you find this information? I would enjoy reading each month what all the deleted titles of the various labels are. I received it because I'm evidently still on the e-mail list of that certain label which once spawned a bulletin board from whence many of us came. I'd imagine you can still sign up for it via the website, and I do appreciate the heads-up, because I usually end up buying a couple of the things that are going OOP. I've already got a promo of the Byron, so I'll probably buy the Williams/Edison on general principles, since I like both of those performers. Quote
DrJ Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Yep, I'll be going for the Williams/Edison too (although I wonder if Mosaic will eventually collect in boxed sets either or both mens' complete work for Roulette and other labels - e.g. Pacific Jazz in the case of Edison - now held by BN). Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Posted October 3, 2003 Yep, I'll be going for the Williams/Edison too (although I wonder if Mosaic will eventually collect in boxed sets either or both mens' complete work for Roulette and other labels - e.g. Pacific Jazz in the case of Edison - now held by BN). Isn't this always the dilemma? I usually go ahead and buy 'em just to be on the safe side, figuring that I can at least trade them in later on. Quote
pryan Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I received the e-mail as well - twice. For one reason or another, I always seem to get two "copies" of Bluenote/Mosaic newsletters. BTW, has anyone seen the Dexter video? The comments on the website are pretty positive, but I thought I'd check here too. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Anyway, what are the Plaxico and Rosnes discs all about? I must confess I've never heard of them. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Me too. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Me too. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Me too. Lucky you - I usually get four copies!!! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Me too. Lucky you - I usually get four copies!!! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Me too. Lucky you - I usually get four copies!!! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I always get it twice as well. Weird... Me too. Lucky you - I usually get four copies!!! Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 I know you did that for comedic effect. At least I hope so cuz I am LMAO now! Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Anyway, what are the Plaxico and Rosnes discs all about? I must confess I've never heard of them. I found this review of the Plaxico, sound not bad and copies are going REAL cheap on amazon and half.com... Personnel: Lonnie Plaxico (bass); Tim Ries, Marcus Strickland (tenor saxophone); Lew Soloff, Jeremy Pelt (trumpet); Helen Sung (piano, electric piano); George Cooligan (piano, organ, keyboards); Lionel Cordew (drums); Jeffrey Haynes (percussion).Recorded at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, New York on May 4 & 5, 2000. Includes liner notes by Neil Tesser.With electronic fusion on the wane and the "young lions" of the '80s reaching middle age, a new hybrid of jazz cropped up on albums and in jazz clubs. This combination of styles borrows its harmonic qualities from post-bop but melds it with the rock-solid foundations of funk and soul. Increasingly, we are hearing a kind of hopped-up mixture of James Brown meets John Coltrane. The result is a rather provocative and fresh reading of jazz in the 21st century. Lonnie Plaxico's MELANGE is just that: a cornucopia of musical styles woven together forming a new and colorful musical fabric. All eleven tracks heard on MELANGE promote the blending of jam-band sensibilities with complex jazz blowing. Highlighted by performances from trumpet great Lew Soloff and New York sax sensation Tim Ries, this music is energetic yet sensitive all at once. Complex melodic riffs soliloquize over the dense rhythmic pulsations of bassist Plaxico and drummer Lionel Cordew. Stand-out tracks include the penultimate tune, "Patois" and the only true ballad on the disc, "Darkness." This guy has played with the MBase crowd so I would say expect some groovy and foreward thinking music. I am gonna track down that William/Edison disc as well as the Truffaz. Like what little I've heard from him. Quote
GA Russell Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Thanks ghost. I'll have to go take a look. Quote
JSngry Posted October 6, 2003 Report Posted October 6, 2003 Found the Williams/Edison disc Saturday, bought it, and listened to it twice yesterday. I was expecting/hoping to like it. I didn't. Boring. Trite arrangements, with every gap filled by these predictable little scored licks instead of an instrumentalist adding some personality, few to no solos, and WAY too "light and polite" for my tastes. Nobody's best, or even remotely best work. Sweets is on EXTREME autopilot (although there is one passage on OPEN horn), and Joe is doing his best supper club act. A few (literally!) good bars of Jimmy Forest here and there, but that's it. I might pull it out again in five years and be blown away by it, but it will be AT LEAST that long before I find out. A major disappointment for me, I'm afraid. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 6, 2003 Report Posted October 6, 2003 Lucky you - I usually get four copies!!! Same here! Quote
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